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holdupnoun an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's businessa holdup in construction due to the weather delay, detainment, detention, holdback, holding pattern, wait deferment, deferral, postponementreprieve, respitefoot-dragging, hesitation, lag, pause, setback, slowdown haste, rushdispatch, promptitude, promptness hold upverbto assign to a later timeheld up mail delivery until we had a permanent address defer, delay, hold off (on), hold over, lay over, postpone, put off, put over, remit, shelve suspendhesitate, pause, staydetain, retard, slowextend, lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch (out)wait act, deal (with), decide (upon), do, work (on) to bring (something) to a standstilltraffic was held up for miles by the accident arrest, bring up, catch, check, draw up, fetch up, halt, pull up, stall, stay, still, stop baffle, balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, clog, dam, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, snag, stemconclude, cut off, end, terminatecall, discontinue, suspendchoke off, rein (in), repress, squash, squelch, stanch(or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep (on), keep up, persist, run onadvance, fare, go along, march, move, proceed, progress, wendactuate, budge, drive, goad, impel, propel, push, spur, stir to create difficulty for the work or activity ofif lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up, I can give you a ride clog, cramp, embarrass, encumber, fetter, hamper, handcuff, handicap, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold back, impede, inhibit, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle, short-circuit, stymie, tie up, trammel balk, check, constrain, curb, rein, restrainbind, chain, halter, leash, tether, tiearrest, brake, delay, retain, retardbarricade, block, blockade, roadblockbog (down), mirechoke, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocatebaffle, foil, frustrate, stump, thwartderail, disrupt, sabotagemuzzle, repress, suppressconfine, hedge (in), hem (in) cramp one's style, give a hard time aid, assist, facilitate, help clear, make way, open, unclog, unplug, unstopfree, liberate, release, untieloosen, smoothencourage, further, promote to continue to operate or to meet one's needsthe air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer hold out, keep up, last, prevail, survive bear up, carry on, cope, endure, fare, get along, get by, get on, go, hang in, make out, manage, persevereabide, continue, draw out, hang on, hold on, linger, persist, remain, run on, stretch fail, fizzle, give out, go out, peter (out), run out break, break down, collapse, conk (out), crash, cut out, die, expire, stall, stoprun down, wane to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same statethe storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast abide, bide, continue, endure, hold on, keep up, last, perdure, persist, remain, run on linger, stay, stick around, tarrycarry through, prevail, survive cease, close, conclude, desist, die, discontinue, end, expire, finish, lapse, leave off, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside, wane to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approvalan argument that won't hold up in court fly, pass, stand up, wash get through, go down, go over, go through, play, take, work hold water, pass muster in 1837 |